Black Friday:American cultural export as useful as a backwards baseball cap?
by Rashmee
Posted on November 30, 2013
A little like McDonald’s (or even the baseball cap worn backwards) , Black Friday is …
Read MoreThanksgiving. Fet koden. Mix and match fest of the multi-cultural sort
by Rashmee
Posted on November 29, 2013
Ahead of Thanksgiving, The Guardian thoughtfully provided a recipe swap, with people of different …
Read MoreDineshare? The artistic business of feeding strangers in faraway lands
by Rashmee
Posted on November 28, 2013
When hospitality becomes an art, it loses its very soul, said Max Beerbohm. I’m not …
Read MoreNSA and Facebook. Big Brother vs Big Business. Who blew what?
by Rashmee
Posted on November 27, 2013
Mark Zukerberg of Facebook says the US government “really blew it” by instituting massive surveillance …
Read MoreGive thanks it’s not Thanksgiving 2008 though Mumbai siege casts pall
by Rashmee
Posted on November 26, 2013
Today, we give thanks it’s not Thanksgiving 2008 all over again. It was a hideous …
Read MoreKreyol notices in Broward County advertise Florida’s big Little Haiti
by Rashmee
Posted on November 25, 2013
It was only when I saw the kreyol notices in the bus that I remembered …
Read MoreHer story: Of Non-American Blacks and the Oppression Olympics
by Rashmee
Posted on November 24, 2013
I read Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi’s third novel ‘Americanah’ in 10 hours flat. It’s a …
Read MoreThe world in a pickle? Kimchi, achar, torshi and a great deal more
by Rashmee
Posted on November 23, 2013
History is the art of pickling memory, Salman Rushdie seemed to be saying in ‘Midnight’s …
Read More11.22.63. Ever wondered what would’ve been if JFK had lived?
by Rashmee
Posted on November 22, 2013
Today, the 50th anniversary of JFK’s assassination, it’s Camelot mania all over again. As if …
Read MoreStyle vs statesmanship: Karzai fashion statement and North Korea chic
by Rashmee
Posted on November 21, 2013
Now that the Loya Jirga is meeting in Kabul, remember the Karzai style that …
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK